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I just got a cordless 6 1/2″ circular saw. I am just wondering what blades are recommended for it. I would like one framing blade (around 20 teeth) and a finishing blade (around 40 teeth). My budget is no more that $20/ea.
diablo, first and foremost….and I think they are around your budget
Diablo… Shouldn’t be over 20 many times HD has two packs for the price of one.
Jimbo
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Yep, I got a Diablo. Kicked myself for not buying it sooner. Cuts like a knife through hot butter.
Lol!chadlanthier wrote:
Yep, I got a Diablo. Kicked myself for not buying it sooner. Cuts like a knife through hot butter.
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chadlanthier wrote:
Yep, I got a Diablo. Kicked myself for not buying it sooner. Cuts like a knife through hot butter.
Isn’t it hot knife through butter? Lol
Jimbo
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no, Diablo makes butter Hot!
I agree with the crew Diablo.
Diablo is king.
hands down dollar for dollar you will not find a better product…..
I’m sure its been said but Diablo is the gold standard for saw blades.
Irwin aren’t too bad either
Jimbo
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won’t buy Marples unless there is a smoking sale on them, otherwise Diablo gets my money and my local saw shop gets the $11 to sharpen them…..
comp56 wrote:
won’t buy Marples unless there is a smoking sale on them, otherwise Diablo gets my money and my local saw shop gets the $11 to sharpen them…..
I’ll reach for red before blue all day long
Jimbo
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on a side note, for $11 per blade this local saw shop sharpens my blades and I swear up and down they cut better and longer than new blades, must be the way he is sharpening them.
comp56 wrote:
on a side note, for $11 per blade this local saw shop sharpens my blades and I swear up and down they cut better and longer than new blades, must be the way he is sharpening them.
I’ve been searching long and hard for someone who will/can sharpen by me, but no one. Makes me sick tossing blades.
Hugh Jass wrote:
I’ve been searching long and hard for someone who will/can sharpen by me, but no one. Makes me sick tossing blades.
have you tried the soaking in vinegar trick some times helps remove resin and that can be like a dull blade…
comp56 wrote:
have you tried the soaking in vinegar trick some times helps remove resin and that can be like a dull blade…
I use Goo Gone and a brush on my blades to remove the pitch. It does help but it doesn’t do so well to bring back the chips in the carbide, lol.
Hot butter, hot knife. Been along week
I have two options here: take my blades to lumber yard and wait two weeks for the guy to bring them back, or drive 40 minutes away to a guy that does it in his shop and come back the next day. To be honest, waiting two weeks is actually worth it because the guy that sharpens them does a better job.
Wish you had that problem there hugh
if I had the brass kanuna’s I had 30 years ago I would like to take a brand new blade to get sharpened to see how long it lasts over a non touched one. should do a blade fight……..
KnarlyCarl wrote:
I have two options here: take my blades to lumber yard and wait two weeks for the guy to bring them back, or drive 40 minutes away to a guy that does it in his shop and come back the next day. To be honest, waiting two weeks is actually worth it because the guy that sharpens them does a better job.
Wish you had that problem there hugh
Me too. I’m sure there’s places to take them to Miami, but for the cost of shipping/transportation and then sharpening, I’d be paying more to keep old blades then to replace with new since Diablo’s can be had so cheap.
The only one around here that sharpened saw blades, died a year ago. He would pull a travel trailer that he converted to a mobile shop to the local hardware store parking lot. He was pretty busy.
I agree with the rest of the crew, Diablo is a great blade. The Irwin Marples are pretty good also like Jimbo said.
Never tried the Irwin marples. Never even seen them in any of the local hardware stores.
chadlanthier wrote:
Never tried the Irwin marples. Never even seen them in any of the local hardware stores.
Not the most available blade I think lowes carries them
Jimbo
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Yeah, I have a DeWalt cordless circular saw and I have been looking for a new 6.5″ blade for a while now. I have seen them at HD for around 20 for a Diablo. Half that for a cheap blade.